Malevolent Utterances Rebuked.

relegated en masse , by Brothers vaux and Robbins , to the Limbo of Profanity . If the paganism of the old Greeks and Romans were of eternal verity , and in the Fortunate Isles or elsewhere the Elysian Fields were homes of enjoyment for the souls of

the good and true and virtuous , and still are so , and of these fields one Campus Opimus is set apart for the exclusive occupancy of Freemasons , these great shades inhabit it , consociated with all the illustrious Dead of the English-speaking Freemasonry .

If , when Pennsylvania and Illinois shall be desoles by the demise of Brothers Vaux and Robbins , and these great immortals now become " Umbra ? tenuos simulacraque , " having paid their oboli to the churlish Ferryman , shall

have reached tho Campus felix Latomorum , how will it be possible for them to abide there , having Masonic intercourse with the crowned and laurelled Shades of the great Freemasons of the Latin races ?

Perforce , they must refuse communion with them , and proclaiming them " clandestine , " also refuse to hold Masonic intercourse with , all their consociates of other races , who , with them " In communion sweet ,

Quaff immortality and joy ;" for is it not said that " He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith ; " —and , " One is known by the company he keeps ?" How will our American newcomers there escape

contamination and defilement ? Will they withdraw and seek more congenial associates in another field ? Will they institute legal proceedings before the Orcinian tribunal , where the dead plead their causes before the Judges , Minos , iEacus and Rhadamanthus , praying that as

unlicensed trespassers these prior occupants may be ejected and desterrados ? The court would dismiss the suit with great indignation , confirming the right and title of the ancient tenants , and condemning the pragmatical plaintiffs to wander eternally , forlorn outcasts self-exiled , about the black marshes of the livid Styx .

These Latin Freemasons wore all governed as Blue Masons by the Grand Orients or Supreme Councils . I could name hundreds of them , —for they were very many . Other names worthy to be remembered are forgotten , — these , for example , of the six Masters , of Granada in

Spain , who , being members of a Lodge there , were arrested while initiating a candidate , and for disobeying the edict of Ferdinand VIL , and the prohibition of the Holy Inquisition , were with scant ceremony hung , and the candidate condemned to the galleys for twelve years .

To the memories of these Worthies of the Latin Free

masonry we will pay homage ; for , thank God ! they are of our Dead . Even the imperfect Roll of Honour which I have prepared of that Freemasonry is too long to be read here , and will be printed after this Allocution , as part of it .

I am glad to have been provoked to the too long delayed performance of this duty of pious commemoration of the illustrious and heroic Dead .

Quot in ajthere sidera lucent . Tot illorum nostrorum Manes Heroum . The ancestors of our race , or their kindred in the land of the Five Rivers , believed that the souls of those who in fchoir lives had deserved immortality ascended to the sky ,

when liberated by death , and each became the intellect of a star . The radiant spirits of its illustrious Dead are the bright stars that in its firmament glorify Freemasonry . A great host of these has been cast down into the limbo of vanity from the Masonic skies of Pennsylvania and

Illinois . It is as if the Angel of the Apocalypse had torn from tho tortured heavens over-arching the disinherited and afflicted earth the great stars of Orion , with Al Debaran and Regulus ; Arcturus and the Pleiades ; Castor and

Deneb ; Altair and Procyon ; Capella and Vega ; Antares and the larger part of the seven Arcti , hitherto inseparable ; and half the chief stars of every other constellation , with the morning and the evening star ; while , for all tho rest of the world ,

" Clara luco cornsca Scintillanfc sidera , ncc sparso lumine lampas Enitnit ccolo ;" with all the constellations unniutilatcd , aud the sky un dishonoured . —Voice of Mason nj .

Death.

DEATH .

BARFIEIiD . —On . mil March , Kiiui , the beloved Woof Asim : [ iwirtian . of ' - « Clargesj Street , Loudon , \ Y „ and Mayliugs House , near Faroliam , Hants ,

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

ELECTRIC LODGE , No . 39 . rilHE annual festival took place on tho 23 rd nit ., at tho Free . X masons' Hall , West Hartlepool , when Bro . Lamb the W . M . elect was installodlby Bro . Stonehouse P . M . Amongst the brethren present were Bros . Braithwaite , Staveley , Sinclair , Tate , Braybrook ,

Simpson , & c . The Officers invested for the ensuing year are—Bros . Metcalf I . P . M ., Olsen S . W ., Taylor J . W ., Walker M . O ., Barlow S . O ., Abbey J . O ., Parmer Registrar , Mark Secretary , Hudson Treasurer , Lane D . C , Foxton S . D ., Smith J . D ., Hurworth Organist , Baddy I . G ., Wooley and Stevenson Stewards . At the close of the ceremony a banquet was served at the Royal Hotel .

The Theatres. &C.

THE THEATRES . & c .

Terry ' s . —One of the most diverting pieces of Mr . Edward Terry ' s modern repertoire is Mr . Pinero ' s farcical comedy " The Kooket , " which vividly recalls the glories of the Gaiety Theatre under John Hollingshead ' s management . The Chevalier Walkinsbaw , with his constant cry " Oh ! what a mess I ' m in , " is by no means an impossible character . A thorough impostor , who deceives and cheats

everybody who will listen to him , comes at last to his mauvais quatre d'hewte , when his punishment is so great that the spectator cannot help pitying him , though at the same time feeling that his condition is well deserved . It is a character that affords no end of changes , as the poor Chevalier encounters one after another of hia numerous victims , and one that shows tho comedian ' s power to the best possible

advantage . Associated with Mr . Terry , who is , of coarse , the life and soul of tho piece , are Miss Eleanore Leyaton , Miss Sophie Larkin as Lady Hammersmith , Miss Adrienne Dairolles , Mr . H . V . Esmond as a specimen of English nobility up to date , Mr . Jan Robertson , and a new comer , Mr . Phillip Cunningham , who makes a good debut . All work with a will , and the farce is rattled off in capital style , and concludes in excellent time .

Criterion . —The long talked of revival of "The School for Scandal" was produced this week , with a certain amount of success , but its resuscitation will hardly tend to make us forget even the recent representations of this brilliant comedy . The principal interest centred in Mrs . Bernard Beero as Lady Teazle , who has evidently given ranch study to the character , and performs her part with

considerable energy and grace . Her quarrel scene with Sir Peter was capitally given , but the famous Screen scene fell very flat . Her costumes are both beautiful and elegant , and it is but just to say that she was greeted throughout with cordial applause . Mr . George Giddcns giroa a slightly new rendering of the character of Careless , and scores highly . Mr . S . Valentine ( Moses ) , Mr . H . H . Vincent ,

Mr . Cyril Maade and Mr . Blnkeley gave careful expositions of their respective characters , but Miss M . A . Victor is hardly well placed as Mrs . Candour . Miss Llary Moore played effectively as Maria . Mr . A . JJourohier should entirely re-road tho part of Joseph Surface , hia present rendering of tho character cannot bs justified by the toxt . It is ii raiief to turn to the Sir Peter Teazle of Mr . Wm . Farren , who played tho old fop with an earnestness that caused him to stand

out boldly from his immediate associates . Mr . Charles Wyndhum also gave great satisfaction as Charles Surface , his cheery spirits and unflagging energy helping the play on at awkward moments . As wo are inclined to believe that the various actors will greatly improve thoir respective parts in a short time , we shall pay another visit next week and make a further report , for certainly the careful attention that Mr . Wyndham has bestowed upon the revival deserves a better result than was obtained on Wednesday .

An interesting event in the Masonic year in South London is the one announced to take place at the Peokham Public Hall on 10 th inst ., viz ., the annual ball in connection with the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1001 . Tho Lodge from its consecration has been highly appreciated among Masons , and is always quoted as one of the best organised in the locality , and as possessing some of the most

distinguished men among its brethren . I am told that the " working " and the propounding of the ritual cannot be excelled . The Past Masters of the Lodge are all assisting at this ball , and the list of Stewards should be amply sufficient to ensure a big and satisfactory result . All profits will go to tho Masonic Charities . The Lodge is naturally proud of its present able and perfect Wor . Master . He is gifted with tho happy possession of those qualities which endear him

to all with whom he comes in contact , and has not un enemy in the world . Bro . Walter Davies is an architect , and one of no mean order . He is already a past member of the Council of the Society of Architects , and is a life member of the Arts Society . He is capable of designing and ably carrying out anything , from a cottage to a cathedral . He is not superstitions , and though he can look at tho new moon through glass , he like tho Ingoldsby Bird , does not seem " one penny the worse . "—S . London Press .

Hotf . owAr ' s I ' ttts . —The ills of life sire increased tenfold by tho mode- of life so many have- to lead ; mo ?' , especially is this the ease amongst tho toilers incur factories and hujfc workshops oi' the mantif icturin ^ districts , whose dige . ; li'ni . s become impaired and nervous systems debilitated by the protracted conur . emorit and enforced deprivation of healthy out-of-door exercise . The factory workers may almost be said to have diseases of their own , readily amenable , however , to treatment , if not allowed to proceed unchecked . Hollowiiy ' s I'ills are the most effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of live ; ' and stom-ich ciniplaints , : _ s they act surely but gently , regulating tho secretions without weakening the nerve or interfering with the daily work .